(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Experts from all walks of life in Germany argue against the “unblocking” roadmap and warn that they face the third wave of epidemic risk
China News Agency, Berlin, February 20 (Reporter Peng Dawei) Germany has implemented a nationwide “city closure” for more than two months. The country’s economic circles have recently called on the government to formulate a “unblocking” plan as soon as possible to help the economy get back on track. On the 20th, Governor Dreyer of Lafayette also criticized the current lack of public discussion on the form of negotiations between the Prime Minister and the governors of the epidemic prevention policy, and called for a “unblocking” plan. German epidemiologist Lauterbach warned on the same day that Germany is facing the risk of a third wave of epidemics and should not “unblock” prematurely.
The German disease control agency announced that the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections and deaths were 9,164 and 490, respectively. “Times Online” real-time data shows that as of 21 o’clock that day, Germany had a total of 2,388,763 confirmed diagnoses, 2,184,483 cured, and 68,454 deaths. As of the day, Germany had received 4,869,641 doses of vaccine, of which 3,179,290 people had received the first dose and 1,690,351 had received the second dose.
According to German media reports, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently submitted a proposal to the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, calling for a phased plan to restore economic life. Russ-Ulm, chairman of the Federation of German Industries, also called on the government to gradually withdraw from the current national “cities closure” strategy and instead decide whether companies will resume work according to the epidemic index of each region.
The opposition chairman of the German Liberal Democratic Party Lindner called for shops, restaurants, gyms and other places to be reopened in areas where the epidemic is less severe. However, the above proposal was opposed by German Labor Minister Haier. Haier said that considering the current risk of the spread of the new crown variant strain, the federal government must work with the states to formulate a “wise unblocking plan” to avoid “have to close all reopened stores again in a few weeks.”
The head of the German disease control agency warned a few days ago that the country’s epidemic may have an “inflection point” of an upward rebound. In response, Lauterbach, an epidemiologist who is also a member of the Bundestag of the Social Democratic Party, said that the current epidemic data show that Germany is likely to be at the beginning of the “third wave of epidemic.”
Lauterbach said that the current “closed city” measures are sufficient to deal with the earlier original new crown virus strains, but even in the “closed city” state, the more transmissible new crown mutant strains continue to spread. He criticized the practice of partially resuming offline courses in primary and secondary schools in many states in Germany from next week, because the rapid test for the new crown antigen promised by the government is not yet ready, and the resumption of classes at this time will bring risks.
According to the established schedule, Merkel will hold talks with state governors again on March 3 to agree on whether to extend the “unblocking” period until after March 7. (Finish)
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(Editor in charge: Miao Su)
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